José Irisarri Explained

José M. Irisarri
Birth Name:José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio[1]
Nationality: Cuban
Birth Date:1895
Death Date:1968
Birth Place:Havana, Cuba
Order:Commissioner of Public Works and Agriculture[2]
Constituency3:Republic of Cuba
Term Start3:September 5, 1933
Term End3:September 10, 1933
Children:3

José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio (born 1895 - 1968) was a lawyer and a member of the Pentarchy of 1933.

Early life

José Irisarri was born in 1895 in Havana, Cuba.

He was a lawyer and formerly one of the legal advisors to the Royal Bank of Canada. He was a law partner of Cuban General Mario García Menocal's son-inlaw.[3]

Politics

For rejecting the Presidency of a Gerardo Machado electoral district, he was imprisoned for two years in Castillo del Príncipe on the Isle of Pines.

He went into exile in May 1931 and returned to Cuba upon de Cespedes' presidency.[4]

Pentarchy of 1933

Irisarri was a part of the five-man Presidency of Cuba including Porfirio Franca, Guillermo Portela, Ramón Grau, and Sergio Carbó.

Death

José Miguel Irisarri y Gamio died in 1968.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cuba Heads of State. latinamericanstudies.org. 2024-05-17.
  2. Web site: Cabinet Positions Apportioned - Press Censorship Not Planned - Newspapers.com™. newspapers.com. 2024-05-17.
  3. Web site: The Ambassador in Cuba (Welles) to the Secretary of State Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1933, The American Republics, Volume V. history.state.gov. 2024-05-17.
  4. Web site: Cuban Rulers Biography of Wide Interest - Newspapers.com™. newspapers.com. 2024-05-17.